Description
New! 90 Days. (Cucurbita moschata) Heirloom Ancestor to Butternut, but manages even better in cool or short summers. Fruit average about 3 lbs., but vary up to about 6 lbs. Fragrant and very sweet, fine-grained golden-orange flesh is contained in the long, curving neck; scoop the seeds from the bulbous blossom-end for use as squash “bowls.” First offered commercially in 1834; believed to have originated with the Iroquois people. Preferred for pies, soups or for roasting. 210 seeds/oz. Pkt (~10 seeds)